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[Adam]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

I do....the net is not in its required position, according to rule 1-10-1, if it is hung up on the rim. And everyone I've ever worked with around here does the same.

I could be off base, but I wait for the next legit whistle.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

I could be off base, but I wait for the next legit whistle.

I don't think it is fair for a team to have to shoot into a basket where the net might be obstructing the entrance to the basket.

[JetMetFan]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

I don't think it is fair for a team to have to shoot into a basket where the net might be obstructing the entrance to the basket.

That's the issue: if a team shoots into that basket and the ball bounces out because the net is all messed up, that team loses 2 or 3 points since a goal doesn't count unless the ball passes through the net. Better to take care of it right when it happens.

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by JetMetFan

That's the issue: if a team shoots into that basket and the ball bounces out because the net is all messed up, that team loses 2 or 3 points since a goal doesn't count unless the ball passes through the net. Better to take care of it right when it happens.

Have you ever seen that happen? Ever? Game? Warm-ups? Practice?

I've never seen it, while I have seen the ball actually go through and "un-stick" a stuck net many times.

I've been taught to never stop the game for a net because it gives the team that just scored the advantage of setting up their defense because you've stopped the game at that point. And that would happen far more times than the ball coming back out. In many of my games, while the game goes to the other end of the court, someone runs over and takes care of it. Or, there is a stoppage of play before the ball gets back to that end.

I agree, it would be a real shame if the ball ever did come back out as a result. And, thanks a lot, now it will probably happen to me.

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by m&m guy

i've been taught to never stop the game for a net.....

+1

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by M&M Guy

Have you ever seen that happen? Ever? Game? Warm-ups? Practice?

I've never seen it, while I have seen the ball actually go through and "un-stick" a stuck net many times.

I've been taught to never stop the game for a net because it gives the team that just scored the advantage of setting up their defense because you've stopped the game at that point. And that would happen far more times than the ball coming back out. In many of my games, while the game goes to the other end of the court, someone runs over and takes care of it. Or, there is a stoppage of play before the ball gets back to that end.

I agree, it would be a real shame if the ball ever did come back out as a result. And, thanks a lot, now it will probably happen to me.

Yes, I've seen it. It was hung up so much that no ball was going to get through. It took a ladder to get up there and unhook it. Even a roller would be affected by the bumping the twine that is laying across the top of the rim...it may make a shot go in that would not have or it may make a shot miss that would have gone it.

The team doesn't make the net get hung up, so any advantage they get is just a part of the game. And most of the time, the other team isn't pushing the tempo while they are wanting to press anyway so stopping it has no effect at all.

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

Yes, I've seen it. It was hung up so much that no ball was going to get through. It took a ladder to get up there and unhook it. Even a roller would be affected by the bumping the twine that is laying across the top of the rim...it may make a shot go in that would not have or it may make a shot miss that would have gone it.

The team doesn't make the net get hung up, so any advantage they get is just a part of the game. And most of the time, the other team isn't pushing the tempo while they are wanting to press anyway so stopping it has no effect at all.

Well, there you go - 1 isolated event in 2 officials' lifetimes. Still not enough for me to warrant stopping a game every time a net gets stuck. Especially since I haven't seen a rule, case play, or mention in the official's manual that backs stopping live play for this. Fix it during the next dead ball.

Of course, check with your local assignor or association to see if there's a policy.

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by M&M Guy

I've been taught to never stop the game for a net...

Me too, but I did so once because it was the most interesting thing that happened in that game.

[constable]

Check with your assignor. Around here, our HS assignor wants us to err on the side of caution. If the game can be stopped without putting a team at a disadvantage we are instructed to do so.

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by constable

Check with your assignor. Around here, our HS assignor wants us to err on the side of caution. If the game can be stopped without putting a team at a disadvantage we are instructed to do so.

But if the defender was behind the play to tie his shoe, aren't you putting A at a disadvantage by preventing what had become a 5 on 4?

[truerookie]

Good discussion here, it is also a sign that the net needs to be replaced.

I'v also been taught not to stop the game to fix the net.